Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsTiny Brains
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Tiny Brains
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Co-op physics puzzles solved by combining four characters' distinct powers.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tiny Brains leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasTiny Brains
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Tiny Brains
Light physics handling, occasionally timed sections
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Tiny Brains
No adversary - the puzzle is the opponent
Variance2 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Tiny Brains
Puzzle rooms are fixed once seen
Optimization8 vs 7
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
Tiny Brains
Combining four powers into solutions is the whole test
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.